Chapter 84
Looking at the transcendent golem that was guarding the rear of the section, Zephyr knew that his plan to quietly pass through the horde of high leveled monsters is a now a failure.
He could clearly remember from Eliazar that a Tier 5 is sensitive to the law of casualty meaning that a mere stealth of a Tier 2 kyuubi is very easy to see through unless they entered the realm of transcendent themselves.
Unlike the usual carefree Zephyr, his mind was currently working at the speed of a supercomputer thinking of many possible ways to overcome this predicament as he also considered that entering combat is out of the options due to how high the health of all monsters in the field.
Thinking many possibilities and scenarios in his mind, Zephyr came up with the best option that he could do right now. With eyes that was devoid with emotion, he muttered.
"Lets make the newly acquired pawns into use."
Suddenly, the entire section was enveloped with darkness as the death legion began to appear.
[Multiple trespassers have discovered. Warning! You cannot go forward.]
[Multiple trespassers have discovered. Warning! Any attempts to approach are not allowed.]
Seeing Paradox who was standing by his side, he ordered.
"Paradox, bombard them with your magic while the others...rush with the intent to kill."
Without any hesitation, all Dealth Legion of Stygian Umbras obeyed his order without fail. Fire began to burn the entire section as Paradox began casting his spells.
Whoosh! Wild flames blazed high as the other stygian umbras also began to skillfully attack the monsters. Ericson who was watching the death legion in action couldn't help but amazed at the scene of the marvel of the death legion.
He could see that Paradox in the back was simultaneously firing his spells at the enemy while the others skillfully attacked the monsters unlike a normal undead that could only swing to attack.
It was like he was watching an entire army of soldiers who was a master of close combat but unlike a human, the death legion who was in the form of monsters skillfully made use of their tails, sharp claws, deadly fangs and monstrous strength.
However even with this, dealing damage to these high leveled monsters were another matter as the death legion were still a Tier 2 unlike the monsters which were all Tier 4 or higher.
The death legion was instantly swiped out by the high leveled monsters with just one attack but Zephyr didn't need to worry about it. The devastated stygian umbra immediately regenerated back to its original form and started to attack again.
Even the stygian umbras could not deal sufficient damage to the enemies due to the tier and level suppressions, the same could be said to the monsters as the death legion would always regenerates and could not be destroyed.
Looking that both sides had became stalemate just like he intended to, he grabbed Ericson again as lightning surrounded him as he activated [Lightning Body] and rushed to the door for the next section.
Amidst to what was happening, Zephyr who was moving at the extreme speed as he also used [Blink] together with [Lightning Body], was always monitoring the entire battlefield with his [Emperor Eye]. He then murmured.
"It seems like a Tier 5 transcendent could not bother with small fries."
Looking at the golem that didn't moved even a legion of intruders have appeared, Zephyr knew that it knows that it did not need to however this wasn't outside of his expectations.
The plan was simple, he would make the death legion distract the endless horde of high level monsters while he and Ericson who was still on stealth will rush to the one that could only notice them, the transcendent golem.
'Now then, I wonder what it would do.'
As he neared the golem, it immediately moved and intercepted him. It immediately throw a punch to Zephyr that even with his [Emperor Eye], he could barely see.
Zephyr immediately thought that even with [Lightning Body], he was still slower than the golem. However Zephyr didn't panick at all and moved to the next step of the plan.
The world around him froze and turned colorless as Zephyr activated [Time Stop] to freeze the time itself. Even how fast someone could be, it was all useless if they could not move in the frozen time.
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Time Stop's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
Skills that had long cooldown times were extremely powerful. Normally, the more powerful a skill was, the longer the cooldown time would be. Anyone would be extremely excited at the thought of being able to use these powerful skills multiple times in succession.
There was a 50% chance to be able to use the skill immediately, a 25% chance to use it 3 times in a row, a 12.5 chance to use it 4 times in a row, and so on.
This wasn't just for his own skills but also for his equipment's skills as well. With the overpowered divinity skill of Zephyr that could change fate and can create miracles during key moments.
However with his high luck and passive [Paragon of Luck] that increases the chance of activation, it was a beyond broken skill in his hands.
With the activation of the divinity that one of his strongest skill, Zephyr no longer had to worry about the next variable. Before the time could flow again, Zephyr disperses the death legion and entered the door without looking back.
If it were any other, they would surely find it hard to confront the high level monsters that reaches millions in number alongside with a transcendent golem guarding the end.
However with the help of the death legion that served as a distraction, Zephyr was able to pass through them with extreme speed and extreme maneuver alonside of infinitely spamming his [Blink] and immediately passed through kilometers of distance.
With the overpowered utilization of the power of time, Zephyr was able to easily pass through the section that would even make many transcendent to fail as not many could do something what he did unless it was the Nephilims.
[A visitor has been recognized.]
[You have successfully opened the first and second gate of the Dragon's Labyrinth.]
[You have successfully evaded the keeper of the door.]
[A hidden condition has been satisfied.]
Entering the next section and final section, Zephyr and Ericson unconsciously flinched as the enormous pressure felt suffocating. Scanning around, Zephyr saw many transcendents that was Tier 5 and some were even Tier 6.
However they were still lucky as they were still not noticed by them at all. Thankfully, the section was smaller than the second section but the number of transcendents around was surpassing thousands.
Ericson gulped as he now confirmed the difficulty of entering a dragon lair as even many Tier 5 and Tier 6 that was considered at the top of the power ranking in Tensura were considered as mere guards by the absolute dragons.
[Hidden trial now begins.]
[Survive the labyrinth.]
[Dragon's Curse has been applied.]
[Your attack and defensive power are dropping.]
[All stats will be reduced by 20%.]
Zephyr on the other hand also knew how dire their situation is. He concluded that if they remained in this place any longer, they will die because the pressure coming from many transcendents were not something a mortal could handle.
Looking at his and Ericson's health that already fell more than 50%. He knew that he should do something about this. Without hesitation, Zephyr casted [Time Stop] again followed with [Chronosphere] for another reassurance.
Seeing that his attempt was a success as none of them were able to move, Zephyr didn't dally and began moving without caring that his mana was drained to zero as he pushed the skills to the limit.
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Time Stop's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Chronosphere's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
Moving with an extreme speed like he did at the previous section, however just after 2 seconds had passed after freezing the time, time began to flow to normal again and the dome of time and space disappeared like a lie.
'As I had guessed. Freezing the time together with any transcendent is not an easy thing to do.'
If it were any other player, they would surely feel grim in this situation knowing their trump cards were not usable anymore however for Zephyr, he was not worried at all as the situation was still in his favor.
First, after two seconds, his mana has been recovered to the full. He immediately recasted both [Time Stop] and [Chronosphere] again before the transcendents could notice him and Ericson.
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Time Stop's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Chronosphere's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
He immediately used both [Hollow] and [Sage Arts] just to increase his agility and movement speed just to immediately arrive at the exit.
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Hollow's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
[The passive Ultimate Miracle's effect has been activated. Sage Art's cooldown time has been reset. If reused within three seconds, no resources will be consumed.]
After making his decision, he gently breathed in and his body disappeared. With freezing time together with the blisters of time and space, even he ran past them, they did not react at all.
However he knew that this would only last for atleast 2 seconds, so Zephyr sprinted as fast as he could. Very soon he reached the massive door that they were guarding.
The door was larger than the doors of the previous sections with the size of 30 meters tall and the statue on top of it was gigantic. Zephyr glanced at the statue before looking at the door that is filled with blacklight.
Zephyr immediately threw himself towards the door that was now defenseless. After he entered, not a single guard were able to detect what just happened as even they were transcendents, they were still overpowered by the time even in just a brief moment.
After passing through the door, time continued to flow to normal again. Ericson who saw that they had already passed through, he couldn't help but breathe in relief at how close it could have been.
[You have successfully passed the Dragon's Labyrinth trial.]
[You have acquired Bloodlust Aura skill book.]
[Your level has risen.]
[Your level has risen.]
[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished. Additional karma will be provided.]
[You have acquired 2,000 karma.]
[You have acquired 2,500 additional karma.]
Both them look at the reward they acquired as they were curious what kind of reward would be given of successfully surviving this kind of trial.
[Bloodlust Aura Lv.1]
Rating: Epic
[*Deals damage to the target while absorbing 15% of the damage dealt. If your health is at the maximum, the lifesteal will be reversed and additional damage will be dealt to the target.
Type: Passive
Skill Proficiency: 0%
Skill Resources Consumed: None.
Cooldown Time: None.]
"A lifesteal!"
Ericson exclaims in surprise. Hit others and absorb health. If full, convert the amount of health absorbed into damage...
The effect of [Bloodlust Aura] was very simple. This meant that even a ranked player could be killed instantly in one blow. Of course, the damage would be deducted according to the target's resistance and defense. However, if one used it in his full state then there was a high probability of instant death no matter how high the other person's resistance and defense.
It was difficult to expect a high destructive power against monsters. However, one must not forget that the essence of [Bloodlust Aura] was lifestealing.
'Good...' Without hesitation, Ericson immediately learned the skill. Zephyr also did the same as he was satisfied with this but after learning it, something happened.
[Due to unknown intervention, the skill Bloodlust Aura has been updated.]
With curiosity, he inspected what happened to the already good skill that he obtained.
[Radiance of Death Lv.1]
Rating: Legendary
[* As a being that embodied the concept of "Death", life is fragile in your presence.
* Steals the soul as the Soul Collector from the units killed and add it to collection. Each soul gives 2% bonus damage.
* The presence of the being that embodied the concept of "Death", reduces the armor of nearby enemies.
*Deals damage to the target while absorbing 125% of the damage dealt. If your health is at the maximum, the lifesteal will be reversed and additional damage will be dealt to the target.
* Max Soul Collector stock: 20
Type: Passive
Skill Proficiency: 0%
Skill Resources Consumed: None.
Cooldown Time: None.]